Candidates of the 2006 Victorian state election explained

This article provides details on candidates for the 2006 Victorian election, held on 25 November 2006.

Retiring MPs

Labor

Liberal

National

Independent

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidatesNational candidatesOther candidates
John Thwaites Clive Smith John Middleton Sam Robertson Adrian Jackson (Ind)
Stratos Pavlis (PP)
David Reece (CEC)
Lynne Kosky Ian Soylemez Andreas Bischof David Bernard
Geoff Howard Geoff Hayes Michele Harvie Grace Bailey Dianne Hadden (Ind)
Karen Overington Shane Brennan Belinda Coates Dale Butterfield
John Anderson Ken Smith Tully Fletcher Cameron Begg Jacky Abbott Cheryl Billing-Smith (Ind)
Robert Brown (PP)
Peter Lockwood James Tennant Warwick Murphy Gordon Ashley (Ind)
Kurt Beilharz (CEC)
Stephanie Mortimer (PP)
Steve Raskovy (Ind)
Lisa Neville Don Gibson Justin Teague Len Lengyal
Hamish McMillan Kammy Cordner-Hunt Jim Reiney Bill Sykes
Lisa Mahood Helen Robinson Martin Corboy Shane Pearce (Ind)
Jacinta Allan Kevin Gibbins John Bardsley Gail Hardy John Manning Colin James (PP)
Bob Cameron Bruce McClure Sue-Ellen Radford Rachel Harrison Glenn Murrells
Rob Hudson James Gobbo Peter D'Arcy Michael Portelli Colin Horne (CEC)
Robert Chong Robert Clark Peter Campbell Gary Ong Christine Cumming (PP)
Jane Shelton Louise Asher Jonathan Walters Mark Freeman Clifford Hayes (Ind)
John Brumby Daniel Parsons Emily Taylor Gerard Hines Marlene Ebejer (PP)
Will Marshall (Ind)
Sleiman Yohanna (CEC)
Carlo Carli Vince Arborea Cyndi Dawes James McDonald Christian Astorian (PP)
Vannessa Hearman (SA)
Neill Campbell Nicholas Kotsiras Fiona MacKenzie Carmen Tong
Kane Afford Sarah Jefford Dean Cronkwright Julie Anderson (PP)
Rod McLennan (CEC)
Bob Stensholt Graham Bailey John Presley John Caravan
Jenny Lindell Jeff Shelley Carlos Lopez Michael McLean Ronnie Musster (Ind)
Alan Thompson (Ind)
Steven Cusworth Helen Shardey Peter Job Eric Labonne
Hong Lim Michael Carty Siobhan Isherwood Emyr Aditya Simon Hall (CEC)
Jude Perera Luke Martin Hillary Bray Mark Hermans
John Pandazopoulos Cameron Nicholls Peter Blair Peter Dorian
Telmo Languiller Charles Tran Marc Purcell Margaret Foster Rod Doel (CEC)
Jorge Jorquera (Ind)
Chris Gymer Dot Peak Irene Goonan (Ind)
Graham Wynn (PP)
Steve Herbert Damien Magner Shane Porter
Judy Maddigan Conrad D'Souza Bob Muntz Arthur Tsiglopoulos Jeremy Beck (CEC)
Phillip Cutler (Ind)
Heather McTaggart Justine Indigo-Rose Roger Williamson Peter Byrne (PP)
Anne Eckstein Steve Bullock Allister Rouse Adrian Dowell (PP)
Ross Russell (CEC)
Cam Nation Greg Ferrington Ronald Berchy Catherine Cumming (Ind)
Margarita Windisch (SA)
Kirstie Marshall Mick Kir Stella Collins
Alistair Harkness Rochelle McArthur Wendy Smith Michael Pleiter Fletcher Davis (Ind)
Ian Trezise Scott Dixon Bruce Lindsay Gary Plumridge Elsie Teer (PP)
Tammy Lobato Simon Wildes Gordon Watson Peter Gebbing Peter McConachy Robyn Allcock (PP)
Frank Dean (Ind)
Zach Smith Peter Bommer Geoff de Jonge Dean Beveridge Chris Nixon Clint Eastwood (Ind)
Craig Ingram* (Ind)
Steve Boyce Simon Wilson Jackie Dargaville Clare Heath Peter Ryan Theo Alblas (CEC)
Jo McCubbin (Ind)
Rosy Buchanan Francine Buckley Melanie Marcin Jim King Stuart Holm (PP)
John McNally Ted Baillieu Lynda Birch Veronica Sidhu
Craig Langdon Marisa Palmer Kevin Tan Jenny Mulholland (Ind)
George Seitz John Clifford Lisa Asbury Scott Amberley
Maree Williams Andrew McIntosh Emma Henley Wallis Patterson John Dobinson (Ind)
Dympna Beard Salore Craig Gillian Schwab Patsy Hill (Ind)
Andre Haermeyer Mick Alexander Tania Walters Andre Kozlowski (CEC)
Angelo Kakouros Catherine Jones Peter Haines Brent Lyons-Lee (PP)
Paul Battista Katrina Rainsford Rob Daly Graeme Presser Hugh Delahunty
Tim Holding Gary Anderton Andrew Henley Jenny Walsh Gordon Ford (Ind)
Joanne Duncan Robyne Head Leigh Johnson Frank O'Connor Barry Dave (Ind)
Rob Guthrie (PP)
Steve Medcraft (Ind)
Paul Vout Tania Giles Ann Grauer Deborah Holmes (PP)
Bronwyn Pike Steve Pappas Richard Di NataleRebecca Gebbing Kevin Chamberlin (Ind)
Isabell Collins (PP)
Don Nardella Graham Hooper Jeremy Sanders Pamela Lee John Goodman (Ind)
John Southall (Ind)
Alison Smith Gavin Sedgmen Bruce Rivendell Chris Katis (Ind)
Russell Savage (Ind)
Lily D'Ambrosio Adam Papaevangelou Benedict Hughes Carmen McLeod Christine Stow (PP)
Tony Robinson Philip Daw Robert Redman Miriam Rawson Peter Allan (Ind)
Sharon Partridge (PP)
James Merlino Clive Larkman Robert Stephen Carl Huybers Joanne Stride (PP)
Janice Munt Stephen Hartney Shana Nerenberg Jadah Milroy
William Puls Malcolm Jones Thea Clarke Mark Fleming (PP)
Brendan Jenkins Stephen Parker Jeff Wrathall Katy Koo Lisa Proctor (Ind)
Ian Radford (PP)
Maxine Morand John Poppins John Boland Kali Paxinos (PP)
Neil Smith (Ind)
Daniel Andrews Ashton Ashokkumar Jon Owen Penny Badwal
Lauren O'Neill Nick McHugh Carol Kunert Gary Duke Ken Jasper
Ian Maxfield Kate Jackson Terry McKenna John Verhoeven Steven Bird (CEC)
Roger Marks (PP)
Luke Donnellan Mick Morland Bree Taylor Peterine Smulders Ian Murphy (PP)
Michael Shepherdson Meg Tanti Bronwyn Rawlins
Anne Marshall Martin Dixon Henry Kelsall Craig Nelson
Rob Hulls James Buonopane Gwen Lee Mark Markovic
Alex Bhathal Daniel Willis Darren Lewin-Hill (Ind)
Ann Barker Colin Dixon Matthew Billman Joyce Khoo
Christine Campbell Claude Tomisich David Collis Stefan Pittari Noelene Isherwood (CEC)
Terry Mulder Natalie Atherden Trevor Pearce
Tony Lupton Justin Walker Gary Pinto
Peter Hammond Chris Chaplin Christopher Field Robert Barwick (CEC)
Richard Wynne Maina Walkley Gurm Sekhon Ann Bown Seeley Richard Grummet (PP)
Steve Jolly (Ind)
Luke Watts (Ind)
Joe Helper Vic Dunn Steve Morse Leanne Rawson Robyn Smith
Nicola Castleman Neil Repacholi Beck Lowe Paul Bachelor Tony Murphy (Ind)
Jeff Simmons (Ind)
Murray Thompson Bruce McPhate Stuart Campbell Sonia Castelli (Ind)
Gerry Raleigh Kim Wells Rex Thompson Peter Lake John Tibble (PP)
Ben Hardman Mike Dalmau Sean O'Sullivan Josh Dolan Robert Gordon (PP)
James Taylor Stephen Merrylees Doug Ralph Neil Meyer Jeanette Powell
Michael Crutchfield Michael King Matthew Walters Jonathan Tinney John Lambert (Ind)
Roy Reekie Denis Napthine Phoebe Adams Barry Wilson Mike Noske (PP)
Glenn Morrison Suellen Tomamichel Simon Roberts Martin Jones Peter Walsh Trudy Campbell (CEC)
Mark Rose Pamela Boyd Christopher Harrison John Gibbons (Ind)
Michael Goldsworthy (PP)
Peter Batchelor Simon Coles Jen Hargrave Tim Rebecchi
Jarrod Panther David Ellis Paul Bronti
Steve Bracks Alan Evers-Buckland Michael Faltermaier Veronica Hayes Wajde Assaf (Ind)
Danielle Green Aneta Ivanovski Karin Geradts Matthew Field Belinda Clarkson (Ind)
Brian Mawhinney (PP)
Liz Beattie Catherine Finn Belinda Connell George Barrett

Legislative Council

The 40 members of the Legislative Council were elected under a proportional representation system. Each region elected five members. Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Eastern Metropolitan

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidatesDLP candidates
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  1. Shaun Leane
  1. Coral Delarue
  2. Mike Symon
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  1. Richard Dalla-Riva
  1. Matthew Koce
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  1. Bill Pemberton
  2. Kiera Perrott
  3. Nina Scott
  4. Howard Tankey
  5. Janet Powell
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  1. Chris Willis
  2. May Ng
  3. Fiona Bronte
  4. John Bridge
  5. Pat Murray
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  1. Greg Byrne
  2. Ken Wells
Democrats candidatesPeople Power candidates
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  1. Craig Beale
  2. Mary Dettman
  3. Rachel Aza
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  1. Karin Orpen
  2. John Giles
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Eastern Victoria

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidates
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  1. Matt Viney
  1. Gregg Cook
  2. Ann Dettrick
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  1. Philip Davis
  1. Sarah Meredith
  2. Daniel Hyland
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  1. Peter Hall
    1. Janice Coates
  1. Wesley Head
  2. Jenny Hammett
  3. Neville Buckland
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  1. Louis Delacretaz
  2. Jill Redwood
  3. George Beardsley
  4. Catheryn Thompson
  5. Daniel Jordan
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  1. Cameron Eastman
  2. Joshua Reimer
  3. Wendy Buchanan
  4. Mark Harvey
  5. Marcus van Enik
DLP candidatesPeople Power candidatesCDP candidatesCountry Alliance candidatesGroup F candidates
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  1. Pat Crea
  2. Pat Lamanna
  3. Margaret Hansen
  4. Teresa Evelyn-Liardet
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  1. Gabriela Byrne
  2. Jodie Hughson
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  1. Wolfgang Voigt
  2. Eddie Brockhus
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  1. Andrew Jones
  2. Peter Kelly
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  1. Henrie Ellis
  2. Stephen Pearman
Ungrouped candidates
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Northern Metropolitan

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidatesDLP candidates
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  1. Theo Theophanous
  1. Joe Caputo
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  1. Matthew Guy
    1. Dino de Marchi
  1. Emilia Arnus
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  1. Greg Barber
    1. Priya Carey
  1. Hoa Pham
  2. Glenn Osboldstone
  3. Daniel Marti
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  1. Liz Bos
  2. Amy Shand
  3. Giacomo Angeli
  4. Roy Crea
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  1. John Mulholland
  2. Kevin Harwood
Democrats candidatesPeople Power candidatesGroup D candidates
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  1. Geoff Lutz
  2. Jessica Healy
  3. Robert Stone
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  1. Barbara Biggs
  2. Vern Hughes
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  1. Joseph Kaliniy
  2. Koulla Mesaritis
  3. Alexios Alexopoulos
  4. Mousti Senkul
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Northern Victoria

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidates
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  1. Candy Broad
  1. Brad Dobson
  2. Jamie Byron
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  1. Wendy Lovell
  1. Zie Devereux
  2. Michael Gillies Smith
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  1. Damian Drum
    1. Rachel McAsey
  1. Justin Scholz
  2. Robert Michell
  3. Brian O'Sullivan
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  1. Jennifer Alden
  2. Jon Baly
  3. Jenny O'Connor
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  1. Nathan Hulls
  2. Mary Lou Corboy
  3. Nathanael Valentine
  4. Helen Leach
DLP candidatesPeople Power candidatesCDP candidatesCountry Alliance candidatesGroup E candidates
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  1. Andrew Robinson
  2. Paul McCormack
  3. Sharon Lane
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  1. Denise Allen
  2. Phil Bachmann
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  1. Phil Seymour
  2. Ewan McDonald
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  1. Danny Lee
  2. Fred Goodwin
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  1. Stefano de Pieri
  2. Helen Healy
  3. Geoff Brown
  4. Joe Rocca
  5. Neil Fettling
Group H candidates
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  1. Laurie Whelan
  2. Peter O'Brien
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South Eastern Metropolitan

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidatesDLP candidates
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  1. Gavin Jennings
  1. Shilana Yip
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  1. Gordon Rich-Phillips
  1. Susanne La Fontaine
  2. John Aivaliotis
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  1. Jim Reiher
  2. Nicole Avery
  3. Dean Andrew
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  1. Ann-Marie Hermans
  2. Steven Ashdown
  3. Ann Ross
  4. Annette Blazé
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  1. Denise de Graaff
  2. Frances Murphy
Democrats candidatesPeople Power candidatesCDP candidatesGroup E candidates
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  1. Karen Bailey
  2. David Batten
  3. Daniel Berk
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  1. Linda Hancock
  2. Maria Pazaitis
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  1. Sandra Herrmann
  2. Jenny Zuiderwyk
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  1. Geraldine Gonsalvez
  2. Julie Boustead
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Southern Metropolitan

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidatesDLP candidates
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  1. John Lenders
  1. Alexandria Hicks
  2. Pablo Salina
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  1. David Davis
  1. Michael Heffernan
  2. Kaye Farrow
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  1. Sue Pennicuik
    1. Heather Welsh
  1. Ray Walford
  2. Clare Pilcher
  3. Teresa Puszka
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  1. John McSwiney
  2. John Friebel
  3. Brian Campbell
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  1. Gerry Flood
  2. Brian Maunder
  3. Terry O'Hanlon
Democrats candidatesPeople Power candidatesGroup C candidatesUngrouped candidates
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  1. Paul Kavanagh
  2. Margaret Mitsikas
  3. John Mathieson
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  1. Stephen Mayne
  2. Judith Voce
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  1. Rita Bentley
  2. Geoff Taylor
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Western Metropolitan

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidatesDLP candidates
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  1. Justin Madden
  1. Lisa Zanatta
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  1. Bernie Finn
    1. Stephen Reynolds
  1. Wayne Tseng
  2. Ann Bitans
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  1. Colleen Hartland
    1. Nam Bui
  1. Robert Humphreys
  2. Liz Ingham
  3. Nora Tchekmeyan
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  1. Ashley Alp
  2. Anh Nguyen
  3. Robert Walker
  4. Marie Spataro
  5. Roger San Jose
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  1. Mark Beshara
  2. Shane McCarthy
Democrats candidatesPeople Power candidates
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  1. Robert Livesay
  2. Danii Coric
  3. Roger Howe
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  1. Max Jackson
  2. Christine Williams
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Western Victoria

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesGreens candidatesFamily First candidates
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  1. Jaala Pulford
  1. Christine Couzens
  2. Chris Papas
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  1. John Vogels
  1. Paul Johnston
  2. John Oxley
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  1. Samantha McIntosh
  2. Peter McIntyre
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  1. Marcus Ward
  2. Gillian Blair
  3. Stephen Chenery
  4. Karen McAloon
  5. Judy Cameron
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  1. Gordon Alderson
  2. Monique Podbury
  3. Michael Croot
  4. Anna Jennings
  5. Michael Albers
DLP candidatesPeople Power candidatesSocialist candidatesCountry Alliance candidatesUngrouped candidates
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  1. Peter Kavanagh
    1. Clare Power
  1. David Power
  2. Michael Casanova
  3. Leanne Casanova
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  1. Greg Jones
  2. Lachlan Jones
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  1. Sue Bull
  2. Rowan Stewart
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  1. Miles Hodge
  2. Ron Heath
valign=top John Camilleri

Preselected candidates who resigned

See also

References